Enlargement and new use of soybean endosperm tissue
OwnerJames A. Lackeyinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to genetic manipulation and evaluation of soybean seed, particularly for the enlargement and use of endosperm tissue for galactomannan gum extraction. A method for combining several elements which have heretofore been misunderstood or were unknown, is presented. The resulting enlarged endosperm tissue has many commercial uses.
Claims16
A method to get an enlarged endosperm in seeds in a Glycine max plant, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) altering genome of said plant;
- (b) determining size of said endosperm in seeds of said plant;
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- (c) selecting seeds with an enlarged endosperm.
A method for obtaining a desirable yield of material or materials from endosperm in seeds of a Glycine max plant, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) comparing the size of endosperm in seeds between said plant and a second genetically distinct Glycine max plant;
- (b) selecting plant with an enlarged endosperm;
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- (c) removing said material or materials from seeds of selected plant.
A method of obtaining material or materials from endosperm in seeds from a Glycine max plant, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) identifying plants with an enlarged endosperm;
- (b) growing selected plants under conditions for production of said material or materials;
- (c) harvesting said endosperm;
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- (d) extracting said material or materials from said endosperm.
A method to get an enlarged endosperm in seeds in a Glycine max plant, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) altering the genome of said plant;
- (b) locating the endosperm by using cotyledon areoles as guidance and determining size of said endosperm in seeds of said plant;
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- (c) selecting plants with an enlarged endosperm.
A method to get an enlarged endosperm in seeds in a Glycine max plant, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) altering the genome of said plant;
- (b) locating the endosperm of the seed and determining the size of the endosperm;
- (c) selecting plants with an enlarged endosperm and cross breeding the selected plants;
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- (d) locating the endosperm of seeds of resulting crosses and selecting seeds with enlarged endosperm.
A method to enlarge endosperm size in seeds in a Glycine max plant, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) locating the endosperm by using cotyledon areoles as guidance and determining the size of the endosperm from dry dissections of seeds of Glycine max plants;
- (b) selecting plants with an enlarged endosperm and cross breeding the selected plants;
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- (c) locating the endosperm of seeds of resulting crosses by using cotyledon areoles as guidance and selecting seeds with enlarged endosperm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.